THE BEST form of detence is allack. the unanimous posilion of all the organisations Involved in planning thi againet the Front which ended with the arrest of nearly 70 antl-raciate due police action.
Meeling: Sunday night, representatives from Homsay Labour Parties, Great Britain, Imberthroughout London. decl go moe be in a deci 23 April Committee Againal Raciem and Feeciam.
Marfleet Irom thi oclaliat Workers Part pointed ouf that the Conter-demonstration Front and than hot хрівіло the success of the anti- Black youth arrested on 23 April action is frogmarched in and out of the National Fron racist picket of the Front's major election meeting in ounced that his Union o oal Office Workers branch anil-lascist moremen setions fasciats.
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mittee Against Raciam asclem, including repre natives of all the male neating! Hed fo 3pm Sunday 8 May at ham HAIL Grove At that start to as support Solitation altegel detene anti-fanciet movemen Bettor DUNE.
MICK GOSLING TECHNEC SEES TOWE ed in only 3 votes against This opportunity for LESS HOUSE SEC LI make their presence felt wa complecely stifled by the overwhelming validity of the strikers' case BROADSHEET Red Weekly supporters have argued chat this case bust now be taken, in the form of a broadsheet, to the rank and file of the other steel unions and to pitheads and factories, with a direct appeal for active support. That is the key to breaking down Chapple's isolating tactics The stewards committer is now producing such a broadsheet, and Red Weekly readers thraughoul Britain are urged to send fo copies and make every ef fort to maximise the sup port for the strike. Tbe left bas an enormous responsi Many strikers are highly TECHIVE CLAREN support of Red Weekly and other left groups. task is to counter the lack of coverage in tbe media by rurning this scrike into a ADVENTUROUS Be adventurous If you are short of ideas ger th IMG's excellent support local workers, especially This strike is now the against the Social Contract. support of every socialist.
Further information and collection sheets - plus resolutions and money - to Bill Curtis, Secretary of the Secure Commitme range of reactionary forces -quo.
issues - like racism to abide by labour request on the NHS surgery. their support for 14 May. OF ALL THE SOCIAL ISSUES exacerbated by the present crisis, it has been abortion which has provoked the broadest and deepest response in the working class. This Issue has also been the focus of activity for a wide their drive to re-Introduce some 'stability" into British soclety. For them, women tied to the family is an essential element in maintaining the status Just as the Labour leaders have falled to give the lead on other socia question. They have falled to mount an effective fight against persiatent legislative measures and they have never challenged the cuts in abortion facilities which have resulted from the NHS cutbacke The crisis of leadership in the workers movement has been laid bare in the fight to defend and extend women's abortion rights. The Labour Rights Campaign has put the Labour leaders under spotlight. This camapign has vigoroualy taken up the fight to force MPs movement policy on abortion, for Both these MPs have flouted Labour Party Conference decisions and consistently ignored the interests of women, and of the working class as a whole. In the case of Cox, bodies of the local labour mo been drawn into action. Cox is sponsored by the electricans undon, the EETPU. Now the local Wadden branch has censured hill, demanding that he attends the next meeting to account for his views on abortion.
The Labour Abortion Righta Campaign Government enforce a three-line whip on the happens in every other issue of vital concern to the working class. Abortion is no different. If the door is left open to the right wing or th Catholle Church imposes Its views, then the workers movement will b divided on this issue. Divisions on issues like abortion will weaken the ability of the working class to fight back against Labour's attacks.
The National Abortion Campaign has policies to ensure that even sector of the British working class is drawn Into the fight to defend women's abortion rights. It is committed to fighting for tree abortion o demand and the right of women to choose, through mass, Independen actA recently put out an appeal to the labour, women's and student movement at its annual Conference for each to take its responsibility in the light. The Women's Liberation Movement responded immediately 2,000 women gathered at its national conference unanimously pledged Every socialist should follow the laad of the Women's Movement. powerful demonstration on 14 May against William Benyon's anti-abor tion Bill; for free, sale, legal abortion; and for the right of women to - many of whom have seized on the Issue in -they have miserably reneged on the abortion free abortion on Chant have also demande that abortion issue.
Over 200 hospital workers and supporters took part in a Day of Action on 28 April aganised by the newly-formed Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton Area Authority Joint Trade Union Committee Against the Cuts.
The action was organised against the Impending closure of the Welr Maternity Hospital in Balham, South London. It is the first of several small hospitals in the area facing the axe.
Seriking hospital workers Weir during y. Then they marched h the streets of Balnd Tooting for a mass St. George's Assistant Secretary of the yees, explained that anned closure of the was a direct result of The said to lich NUPE was opposed.
e also said that the Weir Heaith was part of the national ONCE TIRES DEATE He failed to mention, however. the Day of Accon on 11 May an action which NUPE Is supposedly building. Angry workers therefore demanded know why NUPE continues to support the Social Contract and why it refuses to ted fight back against the CUB. Tbese questions ELLI ained unanswered by Keating. He remained silent for the rest of the meeting. Over 100 marchers demanded 'A Woman's Right to choose' in a march In Catford. South London leel Saturday. This local Emie Taylor, NUPE shop steward at the Weir, described the anger felt by the staff there, He said chat all but two wards had been closed down and converted into carpeted AHA offices Some of these wards had been converted only months before into day rooms at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds — never to be used for their original purpose.
Speaker after speaker rose to demand & fight back. Unfortunately clear plan of action came out of the meeting, It broke up admidst some confusion. The Committee of action was a bulld-up for the national demonstration called by NAC on 14 May.
Area Stewards in the Health Service (CLASH), in cooperation with the Hounslow and EGA stewards, 1s hoping to organise a mass meeting of Weir workers this week to discuss further and, action. Moves are AlSO afoot to act up a Defence Campaign Committee. This will extend support for the Weir workers in the local All donations and messages of support to Ernie Taylor, NUPE shop stewWeir Maternity Hos London SW12.
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